EP1439062B1 - Method of expelling fluid using ion wind and ink-jet printhead adopting the method - Google Patents

Method of expelling fluid using ion wind and ink-jet printhead adopting the method Download PDF

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EP1439062B1
EP1439062B1 EP04250153A EP04250153A EP1439062B1 EP 1439062 B1 EP1439062 B1 EP 1439062B1 EP 04250153 A EP04250153 A EP 04250153A EP 04250153 A EP04250153 A EP 04250153A EP 1439062 B1 EP1439062 B1 EP 1439062B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2202/00—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet or thermal heads
    • B41J2202/01—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet heads
    • B41J2202/02—Air-assisted ejection

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  • the present invention relates to an ink-jet printhead, and more particularly, to a method of expelling a fluid from a nozzle using an ion wind and an ink-jet printhead adopting the method.
  • ink-jet printheads are devices for printing a predetermined color image by ejecting a small quantity of droplet of printing ink at a desired position on a recording sheet.
  • ink ejection mechanisms are largely categorized into several types. Conventionally, there have been used a thermally driven type in which a heat source is employed to generate bubbles in ink to cause ink droplets to be ejected by an expansion force of the generated bubbles, and a piezoelectrically driven type in which ink is ejected by a pressure applied to ink due to deformation of a piezoelectric element.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1 B illustrate examples of a conventional thermally driven ink-jet printhead, in which FIG. 1A is a schematic perspective view illustrating a structure of a conventional ink-jet printhead disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,882,595, and FIG. 1 B is a cross-sectional view illustrating an ink ejection mechanism of the conventional ink-jet printhead shown in FIG. 1A.
  • the conventional thermally driven ink-jet printhead shown in FIGS. 1A and 1 B includes a manifold 22 provided on a substrate 10, an ink channel 24 and an ink chamber 26 defined by a barrier wall 14 installed on the substrate 10, a heater 12 installed in the ink chamber 26, and a nozzle 16 which is provided on a nozzle plate 18 and through which ink droplets 29' are expelled. If a pulse current is supplied to the heater 12 and heat is generated in the heater 12, ink 29 filled in the ink chamber 26 is heated, and a bubble 28 is generated. The formed bubble 28 continuously expands and exerts pressure on the ink 29 contained within the ink chamber 26. This pressure causes the ink droplets 29' to be expelled through the nozzle 16. Next, the ink 29 is absorbed from the manifold 22 into the ink chamber 26 through the ink channel 24, and the ink chamber 26 is refilled with ink 29.
  • ink droplet ejection mechanisms In addition to the above-described ink droplet ejection mechanisms, a variety of different ink droplet ejection mechanisms are used in ink-jet printheads, and one example is shown in FIG. 2, showing another example of a conventional ink droplet ejection mechanism disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 6,394,575, utilizing the principle of an atomizer.
  • unmixed ink 40 of multiple colors is contained in a reservoir 34 of an ink cartridge 32.
  • the reservoir 34 has a printhead 35 at its bottom surface.
  • the printhead 35 operates to dispense unmixed ink 40.
  • the ink 40 dispensed through the printhead 35 is mixed in a mixing chamber 42, and a nozzle tube 44 is filled with the mixed ink.
  • Compressed air delivered via a conduit 52 of an atomizer 50 is sprayed onto a front portion of an outlet 46 of the nozzle tube 44, causing a reduction in the pressure of the front portion of the outlet 46 of the nozzle tube 44. Accordingly, ink in the nozzle tube 44 is expelled and atomized onto an object 49 in the form of droplets 48.
  • the ink-jet printhead expelling ink utilizing the principle of an atomizer requires a compressor for supplying compressed air.
  • a compressor for supplying compressed air.
  • the printhead becomes bulky, reducing the number of nozzles per unit area, that is, a nozzle density.
  • an operational printing resolution of the ink-jet printhead adopting the above-described ink ejection mechanism still remains at a level of several tens of dots per inch (DPI).
  • DPI dots per inch
  • JP 60 052353 A discloses an ink-jet printhead in which an air current is formed in the perimeter of the nozzle orifice within a thin wall.
  • JP 11 028818 A discloses an ink-jet print head in which conductive ink droplets are charged and droplets are formed using an electrostatic force.
  • a fluid expelling method comprising: filling a nozzle with a fluid by a capillary force; and expelling the fluid from the nozzle as a pressure around the outlet of the nozzle decreases, characterized in that the method further comprises generating an ion wind by ionizing air present in the vicinity of an outlet of the nozzle, the ionizing of air being performed by an electric field formed between ground and source electrodes disposed in the vicinity of the outlet of the nozzle, the ground electrode being disposed closer to the nozzle than the source electrode, the ion wind flowing from a portion far from the outlet of the nozzle to a portion close to the outlet of the nozzle and flowing upward at a front portion of the outlet of the nozzle, and wherein the pressure around the outlet of the nozzle decreases due to the ion wind.
  • An ink-jet printhead comprising: a manifold formed in a passageway plate to supply ink; and a nozzle formed in a nozzle plate provided on the passageway plate and arranged to be filled with ink by a capillary force, characterized in that the ink-jet printhead further comprises ground and source electrodes arranged in the vicinity of an outlet of the nozzle, the ground electrode being disposed closer to the nozzle than the source electrode, the electrodes being arranged to form an electric field when a voltage is applied thereto and ionize air present around the outlet of the nozzle to produce an ion wind, the ion wind flowing from a portion far from the outlet of the nozzle to a portion close to the outlet of the nozzle and flowing upward at a front portion of the outlet of the nozzle, such that ink contained in the nozzle is expelled as a pressure around the outlet of the nozzle decreases due to the ion wind.
  • the present invention thus provides a new method of expelling a fluid from a nozzle by reducing a pressure in a front portion of an outlet of the nozzle using an ion wind.
  • the present invention also provides a high-integration, high-resolution ink-jet printhead adopting the fluid expelling method.
  • FIG. 3A shows a planar structure of an ink-jet printhead according to an embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 3B is a vertical cross-sectional view of the ink-jet printhead taken along line A-A' of FIG. 3A;
  • a manifold 112 is formed in a passageway plate 110 to supply ink, a nozzle 122 filled with ink to be expelled is formed in a nozzle plate 120 formed on the passageway plate 110.
  • the passageway plate 110 and the nozzle plate 120 may be integrally formed.
  • Ink is supplied to the manifold 112 from an ink reservoir (not shown). Ink in the manifold 112 moves to the nozzle 122 by a capillary force to fill the nozzle 122.
  • the nozzle 122 preferably has a circular cross-sectional area, and may take various shapes, including an oval or polygonal shape. In this case, it is preferable that the nozzle 122 has a tapered shape in which a cross-sectional area decreases gradually toward an outlet.
  • a ground electrode 131 and a source electrode 132 are spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other about an outlet of the nozzle 122.
  • the ground electrode 131 is grounded, and a predetermined DC pulse or AC voltage is applied to the source electrode 132.
  • the voltage applied to the ground electrode 131 and the source electrode 132 forms an electric field and ionizes ambient air present in the vicinity of the outlet of the nozzle 122, thereby producing an ion wind, which will later be described.
  • the ground electrode 131 and the source electrode 132 are preferably shaped to surround the outlet of the nozzle 122. For example, as shown, if the nozzle 122 has a circular cross-sectional shape, the ground electrode 131 and the source electrode 132 will also have a circular ring shape. However, if the nozzle 122 has an oval or polygonal cross-sectional shape, the cross-sectional shapes of the ground electrode 131 and the source electrode 132 may vary accordingly.
  • the ground electrode 131 may be disposed relatively close to the outlet of the nozzle 122 while the source electrode 132 is disposed relatively far from the outlet of the nozzle 122, or vice versa.
  • the source electrode 132 has a cross-sectional area smaller than that of the ground electrode 131, which will later be described in more detail.
  • the aforementioned ink-jet printhead according to the present invention is driven by an ink expelling mechanism in which ink is expelled from a nozzle using an ion wind generated in such a manner as shown in FIG. 4.
  • an ink expelling mechanism in which ink is expelled from a nozzle using an ion wind generated in such a manner as shown in FIG. 4.
  • a DC pulse or AC of a high voltage is applied to a source electrode 62 spaced a predetermined distance apart from a ground electrode 61, an electric field is formed between the ground electrode 61 and the source electrode 62.
  • the electric field ionizes air present between the electrodes 61, 62, and the ionized air moves toward the ground electrode 61 having the opposite polarity, thus producing an ion wind W.
  • F Coulomb force
  • E intensity
  • q quantity of ion charges
  • a DC pulse or AC of a voltage high enough to ionize air is applied to the source electrode 132, an electric field is formed between the ground electrode 131 and the source electrode 132.
  • a quantity and speed of the droplet 102 expelled can be adjusted by varying voltages applied between the two electrodes 131, 132 and a voltage application time. That is, if a voltage applied to the electrodes 131, 132 is increased, the speed of the ion wind W is increased and a difference in the pressure between inside and outside the nozzle 122 is increased, thereby increasing the expelling speed of the droplet 102. Therefore, a response speed of the nozzle 122, which depends on a signal indicative of ink expelled, the signal transferred via the source electrode 132, is increased. If the voltage application time is reduced, a quantity of the droplet 102 of ink expelled becomes reduced.
  • An expelling frequency of the droplet 102 can be adjusted by varying a pulse period of the voltage applied. Therefore, a desired quantity of the ink droplet 102 can be expelled at a desired frequency. As soon as the ink droplet 102 is expelled, the ink 101 refills the nozzle 122 by a capillary force. Also, backflow of the ink 101 does not occur in the nozzle 122. Thus, little time is required for ink refill, thereby allowing the ink droplet 102 to be expelled at a high frequency.
  • the ink 101 in the nozzle 122 is driven by the ion wind W that horizontally moves from one side of the nozzle 122 to the opposite side thereof, it is preferable to make the ion wind W converged and flow upward at a front portion of an outlet of the nozzle 122, which is because the ion wind W preferably adaptively moves in an expelling direction of the ink droplet 102.
  • the electrodes 131, 132 are arranged to surround the nozzle 122, respectively.
  • the ground electrode 131 is disposed close to the outlet of the nozzle 122 and the source electrode 132 is disposed far from the outlet of the nozzle 122.
  • Such an arrangement of the electrodes 131, 132 allows the ion wind W to flow from a portion far from the outlet of the nozzle 122 to a portion close to the outlet of the nozzle 122 and allows the ion wind W to flow upward at the front portion of the outlet of the nozzle 122.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a modification of a source electrode shown in FIG. 3A.
  • a protrusion 133 protruding toward the ground electrode 131 is provided in the source electrode 132'.
  • the protrusion 133 is preferably provided plurally at equal distance along the lengthwise direction of the source electrode 132'.
  • the source electrode 132' having the protrusion 133 can form a relatively strong electric field between the electrodes 131, 132' as shown in FIG. 4, and the Coulomb force producing an ion wind W increases accordingly, thereby creating a sufficiently fast ion wind with a relatively low voltage.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary ink-jet expelling method according to the present invention adopted to an ink-jet printhead having a plurality of nozzles.
  • a manifold 112 is formed in a passageway plate 110 and a plurality of nozzles 122 connected to the manifold 112 are arranged in the nozzle plate 120 in three rows.
  • the ink-jet printhead having the plurality of nozzles 122 arranged in three rows has been shown in the drawings, they may be arranged in one or two rows, or in four or more rows to achieve a higher resolution in an ink-jet printhead.
  • the ground electrode 131 and the source electrode 132 are arranged in the vicinity of each of the plurality of nozzles 122 in such a manner as described above.
  • the ink droplet 102 can be simultaneously expelled from the respective nozzles 122 by simultaneously applying a voltage to the respective source electrodes 132. Also, the ink droplet 102 can be sequentially expelled from the respective nozzles 122 by applying voltages to the respective source electrodes 132 with a time interval. Alternatively, the ion wind W may be produced only around the outlet of the one selected nozzle 122 by applying a voltage to only one of the source electrodes 132, thereby expelling the ink droplet 102 only from the selected nozzle 122.
  • the ink-jet printhead according to the present invention has a simplified structure, compared to the conventional ink-jet printhead in which ink is expelled by compressed air. Therefore, the ink-jet printhead having the plurality of nozzles 122 can be easily manufactured, thereby implementing a high-integration, high-resolution ink-jet printhead. Since a relatively small voltage, i.e., several to several tens of volts, is applied to the source electrode 132, that is, a relatively small amount of power is consumed in producing the ion wind W, a small power consuming ink-jet printhead can be manufactured.
  • FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the ink-jet printhead according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the ink-jet printhead according to a second embodiment of the present invention has the same structure with that of the ink-jet printhead according to the first embodiment of the present invention, except that a recess 224 having a predetermined depth is formed in the periphery of an outlet of a nozzle 222.
  • a recess 224 having a predetermined depth is formed in the periphery of an outlet of a nozzle 222.
  • a manifold 212 containing ink 101 is formed in a passageway plate 210, a nozzle 222 filled with the ink 101 is formed in a nozzle plate 220 formed on the passageway plate 210.
  • the recess 224 having a predetermined depth is formed in the periphery of the outlet of the nozzle 222 on a surface of the nozzle plate 220, and a ground electrode 231 and a source electrode 232 are arranged within the recess 224.
  • the recess 224 is preferably shaped of a ring surrounding the nozzle 222 so as to accommodate ring-shaped ground electrode 231 and the source electrode 232.
  • a side 225 of the nozzle 222 is preferably inclined so as to permit the ion wind W produced in the recess 224 to flow in an inclined manner toward a front portion of an outlet of the nozzle 222, which is to facilitate upward flow of the ion wind W at the front portion of the outlet of the nozzle 222.
  • the ground electrode 231 is installed on the bottom of the recess 222, it may be installed on the inclined side 225 of the recess 224 for the purpose of facilitating flow of the ion wind W.
  • the source electrode 232 is installed on a bottom at an outer peripheral side of the recess 224.
  • the nozzle 222 preferably has a tapered shape in which a cross-sectional area decreases gradually toward an outlet, which permits meniscus formed on a surface of the ink 101 in the nozzle 222 to extend upward quickly to be stabilized, as is known well.
  • the shape of the nozzle 222 conforms to that of the recess 224 formed in the periphery thereof.
  • the arrangement and shape of the electrodes 231, 232 are the same as those of the first embodiment.
  • the source electrode 232 according to the illustrative embodiment also has the same shape as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the ink-jet printhead according to the illustrative embodiment also has a plurality of nozzles, as shown in FIG. 6.
  • FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the ink-jet printhead according to still another embodiments of the present invention.
  • the ink-jet printhead according to a third embodiment of the present invention has the similar structure with that of the ink-jet printhead according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and an explanation of a difference between the ink-jet printheads according to the first and third embodiments of the present invention, will be given.
  • a manifold 312 containing ink 101 is formed in a passageway plate 310, a nozzle 322 filled with the ink 101 is formed in a nozzle plate 320 by a capillary force.
  • An ion wind path 324 for guiding the ion wind W is formed in the nozzle plate 320 so as to surround the nozzle 322, and a ground electrode 331 and a source electrode 332 are arranged within the ion wind path 324.
  • the ion wind path 324 is preferably shaped of a ring surrounding the nozzle 322 so as to accommodate ring-shaped ground electrode 331 and the source electrode 332.
  • An outlet side of the ion wind path 324 is preferably inclined so as to permit the ion wind W produced in the ion wind path 324 to flow in an inclined manner toward a front portion of the outlet of the ion wind path 324, which is to facilitate upward flow of the ion wind W at the front portion of the outlet of the nozzle 322.
  • the ground electrode 331 is disposed at an inclined portion of the ion wind path 324, and the source electrode 332 is spaced a predetermined distance apart from the ground electrode 331 to be disposed at a deeper portion of the ion wind path 324. Such an arrangement is preferred in view of facilitated formation of flow of the ion wind W.
  • An air path 326 for supplying the ion wind path 324 with air is formed in the nozzle plate 320 so as to communicate with the ion wind path 324.
  • the air path 326 is formed in a vertical direction, as shown in the drawing, and is connected to the ion wind path 324 at its lower portion.
  • the air path 326 may be formed either in a horizontal direction or in an inclined direction. In other words, the position and shape of the air path 326 can vary within a limit in which it is capable of supplying the ion wind path 324 with air.
  • the nozzle 322 has a tapered shape in which a cross-sectional area decreases gradually toward an outlet.
  • the arrangement and shape of the electrodes 331, 332 are the same as those of the first embodiment.
  • the source electrode 332 according to the illustrative embodiment also has the same shape as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the ink-jet printhead according to the illustrative embodiment also has a plurality of nozzles, as shown in FIG. 6.
  • a quantity and speed of the fluid expelled can be adjusted delicately and accurately by varying voltages applied between two electrodes and a voltage application time.
  • An expelling frequency of the fluid can be adjusted by varying a pulse period of the voltage applied.
  • the ink-jet printhead according to the present invention is constructed such that electrodes producing an ion wind are arranged in the vicinity of a plurality of nozzles and the electrodes are miniaturized, it has a simplified structure compared to the conventional ink-jet printhead in which ink is expelled by compressed air. Since manufacture of an ink-jet printhead having a plurality of nozzles is easily made, a high-integration, high-resolution ink-jet printhead can be easily implemented. Also, since power consumption for production of an ion wind is relatively small, low power consuming ink-jet printheads can be manufactured.
  • the ink expelling method according to the present invention can be applied to a general fluid ejection system in which a small amount of fluid is expelled through nozzles as well as the ink-jet printheads shown and described in the exemplary embodiments of the present invention. Accordingly, it is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the appended claims.

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